2. The SASSA Knowledge Base

The SASSA knowledge base aims to provide non-specialist archaeologists with reliable, accurate information on a range of earth science and geoarchaeological topics. Powered by MediaWiki software it consists of discrete, stand-alone information pages that can be accessed via the search facility, allowing focused research on particular topics. However, the pages are also linked in such a way as to allow the reader to work logically through the pages in the manner of a tutorial for more general research.